Thatcher, the IRA, and the bomb that changed history

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In the autumn of 1984, the Provisional IRA almost wiped out the British Cabinet. Five people were killed in the Grand Hotel bombing. As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, The Guardian’s Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll joins Gavin Esler to revisit the event that – had it been successful – would have changed British politics forever, and the way it did change history. Rory’s book Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown can be bought here: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/killing-thatcher-the-ira-the-manhunt-and-the-long-war-on-the-crown-rory-carroll “In Ireland, Thatcher was a figure as hated as Cromwell.” “No one in the IRA knew what the consequences of killing a British Prime Minister would be.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Audio production by Alex Rees. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.8	Today, as we approach the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement,
1:16.6	the difficulties caused to peace in Northern Ireland by Brexit
1:20.6	keep coming back time after time. That's because the Irish border has been an issue for more than a century.
1:26.4	Men and women have been prepared to die and to kill, to keep the border or to get rid of it.
1:31.9	And so today we want to look back at one of the most extraordinary events of the Troubles.
1:37.0	In the autumn of 1984, the provisional IRA came close to killing the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
1:43.7	She was staying at the Grand Hotel in Brighton
1:45.8	for the Conservative Party conference.
1:48.4	Five people were killed in the Brighton bombing,
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